LAFAYETTE — A woman living in the 500 block of Romig Street reported a man tried to rob her inside her home about 9:35 a.m. Tuesday.

The woman told Lafayette police an uninvited man with a four- to five-inch knife walked into her home and demanded her "stuff," police said.

She yelled for her husband, and the would-be robber ran from the house, running north through the alley, police said.

She described the would-be robber as a tall, skinny black man with a dark complexion. He covered his face with a black ski mask and was dress all in black., police said. His black shoes had a white strip on it, police said.